abstract：:Adequate access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) in schools impacts health, educational outcomes, and gender disparities. Little multi-country research has been published on WaSH in rural schools in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this multi-national cross-sectional WaSH study, we document WaSH access, continuity, qual...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Morgan C,Bowling M,Bartram J,Lyn Kayser G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the metal distribution in blood samples from the general population and the risk of having high metal concentration for metal workers. METHODS:Metal concentrations were determined in archived blood samples from 1411 men and 1410 women (median age 59 and 57 years, respectively) collect...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Bonberg N,Pesch B,Ulrich N,Moebus S,Eisele L,Marr A,Arendt M,Jöckel KH,Brüning T,Weiss T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:Air pollution and insufficient physical activity have been associated with inflammation and oxidative stress, molecular mechanisms linked to arterial stiffness and cardiovascular disease. There are no studies on how physical activity modifies the association between air pollution and arteria...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Endes S,Schaffner E,Caviezel S,Dratva J,Stolz D,Schindler C,Künzli N,Schmidt-Trucksäss A,Probst-Hensch N

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between exposure to air pollutants and mental disorders among adults has been suggested, although results are not consistent. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the association between long-term exposure to air pollution and history of anxiety and depression disorders and of medication use (benzodiazepine...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Vert C,Sánchez-Benavides G,Martínez D,Gotsens X,Gramunt N,Cirach M,Molinuevo JL,Sunyer J,Nieuwenhuijsen MJ,Crous-Bou M,Gascon M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis of the lungs and the central nervous system and Legionella pneumophilia serotype 1 infection of the lungs were diagnosed in a 22-month old child during inpatient induction treatment for T-lymphoblastic leukemia. Environmental investigations i.e. samples from the hospital water system did not rev...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Furtwängler R,Schlotthauer U,Gärtner B,Graf N,Simon A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly constitute a significant, potentially sensitive, subpopulation within the general population, which must be taken into account when performing risk assessments including determining an acceptable daily exposure (ADE) for the purpose of a cleaning validation. Known differences in the pharmacokinetics of dru...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Streeter AJ,Faria EC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The environmental justice framework states that besides environmental burdens also resources may be social unequally distributed both on the individual and on the neighbourhood level. This ecological study investigated whether neighbourhood socioeconomic position (SEP) was associated with neighbourhood publi...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Schüle SA,Gabriel KMA,Bolte G

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in schools are important for child health, development, and educational performance; yet coverage in Indonesian schools remains low. To address this deficiency, UNICEF and partners conducted a WASH intervention in 450 schools across three provinces in Indonesia. A survey evaluatin...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Karon AJ,Cronin AA,Cronk R,Hendrawan R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piped drinking water is often considered a gold standard for protecting public health but research is needed to explicitly evaluate the effect of centralized treatment systems on water quality in developing world settings. This study examined the effect of a new drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) on microbial drink...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Gerhard WA,Choi WS,Houck KM,Stewart JR

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorinated compounds are fully fluorinated anthropogenic substances that have been used in various products, applications, and industrial processes. Due to their persistence and toxic effects, some of them are restricted, and therefore replacement products have been developed. The aim of the study was to quantify ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Fromme H,Wöckner M,Roscher E,Völkel W

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking is a habit that has spread all over the world and is a significant risk factor for many diseases including cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and lung cancer. Evaluation and understanding of tobacco health effects are of major interest worldwide and answer to...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Héliot A,Landkocz Y,Roy Saint-Georges F,Gosset P,Billet S,Shirali P,Courcot D,Martin PJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Moderate fish consumption is recommended for prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) have known beneficial effects on risk factors such as reducing blood pressure (BP) and increasing paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) activity. However concomitant m...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Miller C,Karimi R,Zhang Q,Yang J,Meliker J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a progress report of the French human biomonitoring (HBM) program established in 2010. This program has been designed to provide a national representative estimation of the French population's exposure to various environmental chemicals and to study the determinants of exposure. This program curren...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Dereumeaux C,Fillol C,Charles MA,Denys S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Epidemiological studies linking insecticide exposure to childhood neurodevelopment have been gaining global attention. Despite the rapid development of the central nervous system in early childhood, studies regarding the biological monitoring of insecticide exposure in diapered children are limited. ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Oya N,Ito Y,Hioki K,Asai Y,Aoi A,Sugiura Y,Ueyama J,Oguri T,Kato S,Ebara T,Kamijima M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The developing fetus and pregnant woman can be exposed to a variety of environmental chemicals that may adversely affect their health. Moreover, environmental exposure and risk disparities are associated with different social determinants, including socioeconomic status (SES) and demographic indicators. Our ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Lewin A,Arbuckle TE,Fisher M,Liang CL,Marro L,Davis K,Abdelouahab N,Fraser WD

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Germany strong efforts have been made within the last years to develop new methods for human biomonitoring (HBM). The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and the German Chemical Industry Association e. V. (VCI) cooperate since 2010 to increase the kno...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Kolossa-Gehring M,Fiddicke U,Leng G,Angerer J,Wolz B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national survey was conducted to determine polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenofurans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs) in human milk samples collected from 16 provinces in China to assess current exposure and temporal trends in China. The arithmetic mean concentration of total TE...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Zhang L,Yin S,Li J,Zhao Y,Wu Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swimming in inner-city surface waters is popular in the warm season, but can have negative consequences such as gastro-intestinal, ear and skin infections. The pathogens causing these infections commonly enter surface waters via several point source discharges such as the effluents from wastewater treatment plants and...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Tondera K,Klaer K,Roder S,Brueckner I,Strathmann M,Kistemann T,Schreiber C,Pinnekamp J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the contamination level of the Peri Lagoon, the main freshwater reservoir of Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazil, for human adenovirus (HAdV), hepatitis A virus (HAV), rotavirus species A (RVA), and somatic coliphages (SOMCPH). Viruses were also investigated in sediments and their sensi...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Elmahdy ME,Fongaro G,Magri ME,Petruccio MM,Barardi CR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the Ruhr River, bathing has been prohibited for decades. However, along with significant improvements of the hygienic water quality, there is an increasing demand of using the river for recreational purposes, in particular for bathing. In the "Safe Ruhr" interdisciplinary research project, demands, options and cha...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Kistemann T,Schmidt A,Flemming HC

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lower Ruhr River is located in a densely populated and industrialized area in Northrhine-Westphalia (NRW) in western Germany. Due to upgrades of sanitary infrastructure, such as wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and combined sewer overflows (CSOs), and a decline of industrial production, water quality of Ruhr Ri...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Mälzer HJ,Aus der Beek T,Müller S,Gebhardt J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It has been reported that a great proportion of mental health disorders have an origin in early childhood. In order to evaluate factors possibly associated with children's health, the health monitoring units have been established since 2004 in six study regions in Bavaria, Germany. The second health monitoring surv...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Zach A,Meyer N,Hendrowarsito L,Kolb S,Bolte G,Nennstiel-Ratzel U,Stilianakis NI,Herr C,GME Study Group.

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of clinical enterococcal isolates that are resistant to both ampicillin and vancomycin is a cause of great concern, as therapeutic alternatives for the treatment of infections caused by such organisms are becoming limited. Aquatic environments could play a role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistan...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Taučer-Kapteijn M,Hoogenboezem W,Heiliegers L,de Bolster D,Medema G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have found that household access to water supplies near or within the household plot can reduce the probability of diarrhea, trachoma, and other water-related diseases, and it is generally accepted that on-plot water supplies produce health benefits for households. However, the body of research literature...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Overbo A,Williams AR,Evans B,Hunter PR,Bartram J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E-liquids generally contain four main components: nicotine, flavours, water and carrier liquids. The carrier liquid dissolves flavours and nicotine and vaporises at a certain temperature on the atomizer of the e-cigarette. Propylene glycol and glycerol, the principal carriers used in e-liquids, undergo decomposition i...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Geiss O,Bianchi I,Barrero-Moreno J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) are widespread environmental contaminants that are known nephrotoxins. However, their nephrotoxic effects at low-environmental exposure levels are debated. OBJECTIVE:We examined the association of blood Pb (B-Pb), blood Cd (B-Cd), urinary Pb (U-Pb) and urinary Cd (U-Cd) with estim...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Buser MC,Ingber SZ,Raines N,Fowler DA,Scinicariello F

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) has been associated with increased cardiovascular outcomes, mediated by a hypothesized biological mechanism of systemic inflammation and oxidation. Although PM10 has been linked to inflammatory markers in a nationally representative sample (NHANES) using ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Dabass A,Talbott EO,Venkat A,Rager J,Marsh GM,Sharma RK,Holguin F

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS) is a community-level randomized-controlled trial of cookstove interventions for pregnant women and their newborns in rural Ghana. Given that household air pollution from biomass burning may be implicated in adverse cardiovascular outc...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Quinn AK,Ae-Ngibise KA,Jack DW,Boamah EA,Enuameh Y,Mujtaba MN,Chillrud SN,Wylie BJ,Owusu-Agyei S,Kinney PL,Asante KP

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though increasing evidence supports significant association between particulate matter (PM) air pollution and stroke, it remains unclear what characteristics, such as particle size and chemical constituents, are responsible for this association. A time-series model with quasi-Poisson function was applied to assess the...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Lin H,Tao J,Du Y,Liu T,Qian Z,Tian L,Di Q,Zeng W,Xiao J,Guo L,Li X,Xu Y,Ma W

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE:Although studies in western countries suggest that ambient air pollution is positively associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, the upper levels of pollutant exposures have been relatively low, thus eroding confidence in the conclusions. Meanwhile, in Asia, where upper levels of exposure have been greater...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Qian Z,Liang S,Yang S,Trevathan E,Huang Z,Yang R,Wang J,Hu K,Zhang Y,Vaughn M,Shen L,Liu W,Li P,Ward P,Yang L,Zhang W,Chen W,Dong G,Zheng T,Xu S,Zhang B

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low beryllium exposure can induce pulmonary granulomatosis, so called berylliosis. For occupational health monitoring, it is more relevant to assess the internal dose of Be received by the lungs than urinary or atmospheric Be. Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) is a matrix collected non-invasively that derives f...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Hulo S,Radauceanu A,Chérot-Kornobis N,Howsam M,Vacchina V,De Broucker V,Rousset D,Grzebyk M,Dziurla M,Sobaszek A,Edme JL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are a large group of different substances used in numerous products to prevent fire hazards. Some of them are persistent in the environment, accumulate in the food chain and are of toxicological concern, while for others current data are limited. Meanwhile, BFRs have been found in ma...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Fromme H,Becher G,Hilger B,Völkel W

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parabens are widely used as antimicrobial preservatives in personal care and consumer products, food and pharmaceuticals. Due to their ubiquity, humans are constantly exposed to these chemicals. We assessed exposure to nine parabens (methyl-, ethyl-, n- and iso-propyl-, n- and iso-butyl-, benzyl-, pentyl- and heptyl p...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Moos RK,Koch HM,Angerer J,Apel P,Schröter-Kermani C,Brüning T,Kolossa-Gehring M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the role of a stress-sensitive personality on relations between noise, noise annoyance and somatic symptom reporting. First, we investigated the cross-sectional association of road traffic noise exposure and somatic symptoms, and its modification by hostility and vulnerability to stress. Seco...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Zijlema WL,Morley DW,Stolk RP,Rosmalen JG

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cross-sectional study investigated the impact of chronic low level arsenic (As) exposure (11-50μg/L) on CD14 expression and other inflammatory responses in rural women of West Bengal enrolled from control (As level <10μg/L; N, 131) and exposed area (As level 11-50μg/L, N, 142). Atomic absorption spectroscopy revea...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Dutta K,Prasad P,Sinha D

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have explored the association between perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and reproductive hormones in adolescents and young adults. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to investigate the association of PFAS with reproductive hormones in adolescents and young adults. METHODS:We recruited 540 subjects aged...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Tsai MS,Lin CY,Lin CC,Chen MH,Hsu SH,Chien KL,Sung FC,Chen PC,Su TC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenols and parabens are used in a multitude of consumer products resulting in ubiquitous human exposure. Animal and in vitro studies suggest that exposure to these compounds may be related to a number of adverse health outcomes, as well as potential mediators such as oxidative stress and inflammation. We examined uri...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Watkins DJ,Ferguson KK,Anzalota Del Toro LV,Alshawabkeh AN,Cordero JF,Meeker JD

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The body burden of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), dioxin-like (dl-PCBs) and non-dioxin-like (ndl-PCBs) polychlorinated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) was determined in blood samples from 70 subjects between 4 and 76 years old. The participants of the study were re...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Fromme H,Albrecht M,Appel M,Hilger B,Völkel W,Liebl B,Roscher E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to some phthalate diesters and bisphenol A in the general population is a cause of increasing concern because of their potential adverse effects on the reproductive and endocrine systems and their broad presence in foodstuff and consumer products. The aims of this work are to assess patterns of exposure to ph...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Cutanda F,Koch HM,Esteban M,Sánchez J,Angerer J,Castaño A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To protect groundwater as a drinking water resource from microbiological contamination, protection zones are installed. While travelling through these zones, concentrations of potential pathogens should decline to levels that pose no risks to human health. Removal of viruses during subsurface passage is influenced by ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Frohnert A,Apelt S,Klitzke S,Chorus I,Szewzyk R,Selinka HC

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00